How to Use WD My Cloud as Media Server for Kodi Krypton 17

There are two guides below for Kodi users who have content stored on a product from the WD My Cloud range. It is a very simple setup which should allow you to have it up and running very quickly

How to Use WD My Cloud as Media Server for Kodi Krypton 17 Method 1 UPnP

Open a web browser and login to your WD My Cloud device

OS X: http://wdmycloud.local (if you have renamed your device then change wdmycloud to whatever you have named it)

Windows: http://wdmycloud/

Select Settings

Select Media

Turn on DLNA Media Server

Open Kodi

Select the corresponding category for what you are going to add from the WD My Cloud device - Movies if you are adding Movies, Music if you are adding Music files, Music Videos if you are adding Music Videos, TV Shows if you are adding Tv Shows

Select Files

Select Add (whatever type of media you are adding)...

Select Browse

Select UPnP devices

Select your WD My Cloud device

Select the Type of Media you will be adding and navigate to where those files are stored on your device

Select OK to save the location

If you wish to rename the source to make it easier to find then you can do that now and select OK when finished

You will now see your WD My Cloud listed in your media files and you can stream content from your My Cloud

If you open the Context Menu you will see a range of features you can also use

How to Use WD My Cloud as Media Server for Kodi Krypton 17 Method 2 SMB

Open Kodi

Select Movies or if you are adding Music select Music, if adding Music Videos select Music Videos, if adding TV Shows then select TV Shows

Select Enter files section

Select Add Videos...

Select Browse

Select Windows network (SMB)

Select WORKGROUP

Select The Name of your WD My Cloud Device

Navigate to where you store your content on your WD My Cloud device and select OK when you are inside the directory where the content is stored.

On the next screen select This directory contains

Select Movies

If you content is stored in separate directories in your Movies directory then select Movies are in a separate folders that match the movie title if they aren't then just leave that section unchecked as it is

Select OK

Select Yes when asked Do you want to refresh information for all items within this path. Kodi will now scan that path using the Movie Database. Allow the scan to finish

When you go back to your Home Screen and select Movies your content will be indexed and available to stream.

Each time you add content to your media library it will be scanned and added during library updates.